Northern Uplands Rice-based Farming Systems Research Project

Projekt abgeschlossen

The project is entirely focused on these uplands production systems. Poverty in the uplands of Lao PDR is characterized by a lack of sustainable livelihoods. Households are vulnerable to food shortages and hardly able to meet family subsistence requirements while having few capital goods and farm implements, low levels of education and poor health. Since farmers attach a high priority to food self-sufficiency, enhanced rice productivity is considered an entry point for improvement of the agricultural production systems and sustainable resource management in the uplands. The project clearly aligns with current government policies. Improvement of household food security is a prominent objective of agricultural development highlighted in the Lao poverty reduction strategy. Through its focus on food self-sufficiency and agricultural development in the uplands, the project also contributes to the four policy priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. It clearly fits in the strategic plan of the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute  and contributes to its organisational and institutional strengthening. The project will contribute to improved food (rice) security and sustainable natural resource management for upland farm households in northern Lao PDR (development goal).

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Laos
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
Landwirtschaftliche Forschung
Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung
Förderung von landwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfungskette (bis 2016)
Landwirtschaftspolitik
01.10.2008 - 30.09.2014
CHF 3'529'000
Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Ausländische Hochschul- und Forschungsinstitution
Andere internationale Organisation
Privatsektor
Ausländische staatliche Institution
  • Central State of South East
  • Beratungsgruppe für internationale Agrarforschung
  • Other OI
  • Ausländischer Privatsektor Norden
  • SDC Field Office


Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF   3'529'000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF   2'556'746
Projektphasen

Phase 1 01.10.2008 - 30.09.2014   (Completed)